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Author Boulter, Michael Charles, author.

Title Bloomsbury scientists : science and art in the wake of Darwin / Michael Boulter
Published London : UCL Press, 2017
©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 175 pages) : illustrations
Contents Two funerals, 1882-3 -- Lankester takes over, 1884-90 -- Eccentric campaigners, 1890s -- Insiders and outsiders, 1890s -- A new breed of professional, 1890-1904 -- A new breed of biologist, 1900-10 -- The rise of eugenics, 1901-14 -- Old habits die hard, 1901-14 -- Time passes, 1914-18 -- The one culture, 1920s and 1930s
Summary Bloomsbury Scientists is the story of the network of scientists and artists living in a square mile of London before and after World War I. This inspired group of men and women viewed creativity and freedom as the driving force behind nature, and each strove to understand this in their own inventive way. Their collective energy changed the social mood of the era and brought a new synthesis of knowledge to ideas in science and art. Class barriers were threatened as power shifted from the landed oligarchy to those with talent and the will to make a difference. A time of unexpected opportunities,
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-172) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Science -- England -- History -- 19th century
Science -- England -- History -- 20th century
Science -- Social aspects -- England -- History -- 19th century
Science -- Social aspects -- England -- History -- 20th century
Art and science -- England -- History -- 19th century
Art and science -- England -- History -- 20th century
Science -- history
Science in the Arts -- history
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
ART -- History -- Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
Art and science
Science
Science -- Social aspects
SUBJECT England
Subject England
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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